Notes with names and dates
November 18th- Lauren Wolfe
~All we went over today was our stories we read last night about the Japanese relocation camps. Also we went over the rights it had violated, these rights are the 1,2,4,5,6,7,8.
~Also we worked on the 6-7 page paper about Centrals past from the Prowlers and Yearbooks, in the library.
November 15th-Leia Harrison
No notes today. We watched the last few presentations and watched the beginning sequence of Saving Private Ryan.
November 17th-Logan TeBeau The War in the Pacific The end of WW II
Begin of Conflict
Pearl Harbor: Dec. 7, 1941
America was not completely prepared for massive military campaign of Japan
By 1942, Japan took control of:
Phillipine Islands (U.S. Territory)
Most of East Asia, including: Vietnam, Burma, and Thailand
Began invading China and Russia
What's next? Australia
The Wrath of Japan
The Japanese broke Geneva Accords by torturing Prisoners of War
Bataan Death March: Imprisoned Americans (76,000) in Phillipines that were forced to walk for 6-10 days without food. (10,000 deaths)
kamikazes- suicide planes that were full of bombs
Return of the Americans
Island Hopping- strategy of taking over certain enemy islands rather than all
Famous Battles:
Battle of Midway Battle of Okiawa Battle of Iwo Jima
Finish Him!
Once Americans reclaimed most of the taken territories (easier once troops could be taken from Europe) the only way to complete victory was invasion of Japan
This invasion would cost Americans many lives and money
Solutions: Manhattan Project
Drop the Bomb
Would you drop the atomic bomb?
President Truman took over for Roosevelt, he must decide
Finale
Two bombs are dropped in August of 1945, Hiroshima 1st, then Nagasaki.
In Hiroshima:
80,000 deaths
90% buildings destroyed
Formal surrender signed on Sept. 2, 1945
controversy of dropping 2nd bomb
Executive Order 9066 Allowed Roosevelt to relocate the Japanese into camps after WW II
November 18th- Lauren Wolfe
~All we went over today was our stories we read last night about the Japanese relocation camps. Also we went over the rights it had violated, these rights are the 1,2,4,5,6,7,8.
~Also we worked on the 6-7 page paper about Centrals past from the Prowlers and Yearbooks, in the library.
November 15th-Leia Harrison
No notes today. We watched the last few presentations and watched the beginning sequence of Saving Private Ryan.
November 17th-Logan TeBeau
The War in the Pacific
The end of WW II
Begin of Conflict
The Wrath of Japan
Return of the Americans
- Island Hopping- strategy of taking over certain enemy islands rather than all
- Famous Battles:
Battle of MidwayBattle of Okiawa
Battle of Iwo Jima
Finish Him!
Drop the Bomb
Finale
Executive Order 9066
Allowed Roosevelt to relocate the Japanese into camps after WW II